The woman, thought to be in her early 20s, was attacked while she travelled on a light rail train near the Old City, which was packed as Christians celebrated Good Friday and Jews marked Passover.

The woman was rushed to a medical centre but died soon after.

Israeli police say she was attacked by a Palestinian man who stabbed her repeatedly.

Two other people, including a 30-year-old woman, received minor injuries in the incident on Friday morning when the tram came to an emergency stop, it was reported.

The Times of Israel said paramedics from Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel's national ambulance service, tried to save the injured woman and carried out cardio-pulmonary resuscitation on her before taking her to Jerusalem's Haddash Hospital Mount Scopus.